Friday, July 19, 2013

Video: The media’s got a fee-vah and the only prescription is complaining about “Stand Your Ground” laws « Hot Air

Video: The media’s got a fee-vah and the only prescription is complaining about “Stand Your Ground” laws « Hot Air: "Had he chose, Zimmerman could have demanded a “Stand Your Ground” hearing in the pre-trial phase. If the judge had ruled in his favor, the charges would have been thrown out. He waived his right to that hearing, which means the media obsession with SYG is a total non sequitur, sort of like their obsession with gun laws post-Newtown that would have done zip to stop Adam Lanza. Right? Not exactly. The concept of standing your ground, i.e. having no duty to retreat when force is being used against you, is also part of the general self-defense law that Zimmerman did successfully invoke in being acquitted."

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